Picture hanger



F. R. HOGAN PICTURE HANGER Oct. 1, 1929.

Filed Sept. 20. 1928 Patented Oct. 1, 1929 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE PICTURE HANGER Application filed September 20, 1928. Serial No. 307,203.

The invention relates to an improved means for hanging pictures and other articles on walls, and has for its principal object the provision of a device that is reasonable in cost of manufacture, that is not unsightly, and that will efiectually hold pictures and other articles suspended from the wall.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a picture hanger including a disk adapted to seat on the surface of wall plaster and having a rearwardly offset or countersunk portion adapted to engage in a recess formed in the plaster, and having its inner wall provided with an opening to receive a driven fastening engaged therethrough and driven into a lath or other support for the wall plaster, said disk having a depending hook to receive and hold a suspending means for the picture frame or other article.

The invention will be described in detail hereinafter and will be found illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a front view in elevation of a picture or mirror frame showing it suspended by the improved hanger,

Figure 2 is a sectional detail on a plane indicated by the line 2-2 of Figure 1 showing the hanger in position in the wall covering, the parts being shown on an enlarged scale,

Figure 3 is a view of a modified form of suspending means secured to a picture frame,

Figure 4 is a front view in elevation of the wall member, and

Figure 5 and 6 are views in elevation of dif ferent forms of suspending links to be secured to picture frames.

In the drawings similar reference characters are used to designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

The wall member of the improved picture hanger comprises a disk 1 that is adapted to engage in the surface of the wall plaster or other wall covering A, and has a rearwardly offset or countersunk portion 2, forming a cup-shaped recess 3 having its inner wall 4 provided with an opening 5 to receive a screw or other driven fastening 6 that engages a lath or other support B for the wall covering A. Disk 1 has a depending hook 7 that is adapted to engage a suspending means secured to a picture frame or other article to be suspended on the wall, which may be picture wire commonly used, but the invention also includes a particular means secured to the picture frame or other article to engage the hook 7 and consisting of a triangular shaped link 8 provided with an opening 9 to receive a screw or other driven fastening 10 to secure it to the picture frame C, said link having an opening or loop 11 adapted to engage said hook 7. Link 8 may be arranged as shown in Figures 1 and 2, that is flat and extended above the upper edge of the picture frame C or the link may be arranged as shown in Figure 3 in which the upper portion of the link 8 is inclined rearwardly as shown at 8 from the picture frame C, this structure of link permitting of concealing the wall member behind the frame C. In Figure 6 is shown a smaller sized link designated 8' and having a loop 11 to receive the hook 7.

In use it will be apparent that the improved wall member will be used in place of nails, spikes, tacks, and screws heretofore used for suspending pictures on walls and which damage the wall plaster and are unsightly and obstructive in applying new wall paper, the wall device being applied to the wall plaster by forming a recess in the plaster to receive the inwardly offset countersunk portion 2 and holding it in position by means of driven fastening 6 secured into the lath or other wall covering support B, the disk 1 seating against the surface of the wall and holding the plaster surrounding the recess formed therein and preventing its crumbling or breaking away.

When redecorating the wall either with paper or paint it will be apparent that the disk 1 may be entirely covered by the paper or paint and the hook 7 only will show through the paper thus making an extremely sightly picture hanging device. The link 8 that is to be used in connection with the wall member is designed to replace the picture wire commonly used for suspending picture frames and the like, and that where large and relatively long frames are to be put in position on the wall, as shown in Figure 1, for instance, two sets of the hangers may be employed, and thereby the frame will be held in a truly horizontal position. It will be apparent, however, that a single set of the hanger may be used if preferred, this being particularly adapted for smaller articles and frames.

What is claimed is 1. An article hanging device, comprising a disk, a hook formed integral therewith, said disk having a rearwardly offset portion provided with an opening to receive a driven fastening, said rearwardly offset portion being adapted to seat in a recess in wall plaster and the driven fastening to engage a support for the wall plaster.

2. An article hanging device, comprisinga disk adapted to rest against the surface of wall plaster, a hook on said disk, the disk having a rearwardly offset portion adapted to seat in a recess in the wall plaster and having an opening to receive a driven fastening, and a link securable to a picture or other article and provided with aloop to engage said hook.

3, An article hanging device, comprising a disk of sheet metal adapted to rest against the surface of wall plaster, the disk having a rearwardly offset portion arranged centrally thereof and adapted to seat in a recess in the wall plaster, said rearwardly offset portion providing a cup-shaped recess, the inner wall of said recess having an opening to receive a driven fastening to hold the disk in position on the wall plaster and the cupshaped recess receiving-the head of said fastening, a hook depending from said disk and adapted to engage a suspending means for a picture frame.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

FRANK R. HOGAN. 

